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Buzz News Roundup, 3/26
- According to Variety, a celebrity-studded version of Family Feud will be coming to primetime.
- The Hollywood Reporter writes that Shekhar Kapur will direct the late Anthony Minghella's last project, a short film for the anthology New York, I Love You.
- Hugh Jackman and TV writer/producer Marc Guggenheim are co-creating an original comic book series titled Nowhere Man, ComingSoon reports.
- Zap2It has news that Jaime King will star in a 3-D remake of the 1981 horror flick My Bloody Valentine.
- Variety reports that TV judges are getting their own Daytime Emmy Awards category.
- VH1's Rock Honors will only honor The Who this year, the Associated Press reports.
- Gabrielle Union is set to star in Cadillac Records, playing Muddy Waters' girlfriend Geneva Wade, writes ComingSoon.
- A Broadway musical version of A Tale of Two Cities will head to New York this summer, Variety reports.
Director Anthony Minghella Dies at Age 54
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella died today at the age of 54 of a hemorrhage following surgery. He won the Best Director Oscar in 1997 for The English Patient, and was later nominated for his work on The Talented Mr. Ripley. He also directed Cold Mountain and the 2006 drama Breaking and Entering.
HBO Has Female-Driven Programming On Deck
This year we've seen two network TV shows, Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, that have tried to recreate the magic of HBO's Sex and the City, with mixed results. By contrast, HBO itself is moving on, leaving SATC for the big screen and once again developing interesting and unexpected female-driven projects.
Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose will star in Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's adaptation of the popular book series the No.
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